The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW)
The Sherwin-Williams Company engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of paint, coatings, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers.
Scored against other Basic Materials stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
The Sherwin-Williams Company is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It keeps a bigger share of each dollar it brings in than most other materials companies.
- Worth watching
- Its balance sheet is more stretched than most other materials companies.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 24 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About The Sherwin-Williams Company
The Sherwin-Williams Company engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of paint, coatings, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers. The company operates through three segments: Paint Stores Group, Consumer Brands Group, and Performance Coatings Group…
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Employees
- 64,249
- Headquarters
- Cleveland, OH
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 30.9 — lower than 50% of Basic Materials peers
P/B 21.0 — lower than 0% of Basic Materials peers
P/S 3.3 — lower than 50% of Basic Materials peers
EV/EBITDA 20.3 — lower than 10% of Basic Materials peers
EV/Revenue 3.9 — lower than 50% of Basic Materials peers
PEG 2.2 — lower than 44% of Basic Materials peers
FCF yield 3.1% — higher than 70% of Basic Materials peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 49.0% — higher than 90% of Basic Materials peers
Operating margin 18.1% — higher than 50% of Basic Materials peers
Net margin 11.0% — higher than 60% of Basic Materials peers
ROE 65.1% — higher than 100% of Basic Materials peers
ROA 9.5% — higher than 90% of Basic Materials peers
Free cash flow is 93% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 3.9 — lower than 0% of Basic Materials peers
Current ratio 0.73 — higher than 10% of Basic Materials peers
Quick ratio 0.41 — higher than 10% of Basic Materials peers
Cash/debt 0.02 — higher than 10% of Basic Materials peers
Debt/EBITDA 3.19 — lower than 30% of Basic Materials peers
Growth
Revenue growth 7.5% YoY — higher than 50% of Basic Materials peers
Earnings growth 14.3% YoY — higher than 63% of Basic Materials peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 29.3% — somewhat unusual vs Basic Materials peers
Net insider buying, +0.0% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -11.8% of shares held
Insiders hold 6.2% of shares outstanding
2.8% of float sold short
Momentum
Above its 50- & 200-day averages
52% of the way from its 52-week low to high